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MIButterfly

(2,501 posts)
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 11:13 PM 12 hrs ago

When I was in what they used to call junior high, I took Journalism classes

and we were always told that when we report a story, we should never slant it one way or the other; we should just report the facts and let the readers form their own opinions.

Did the the so-called reporters of today not take Journalism in the seventh grade? Or is it that they just don't teach it that way anymore? My Journalism teacher, Mrs. Palmer, would have a fit if any one of us wrote they way they do now.

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When I was in what they used to call junior high, I took Journalism classes (Original Post) MIButterfly 12 hrs ago OP
Infotainment is what we have now Tesha 11 hrs ago #1
I'm afraid you're right. MIButterfly 11 hrs ago #2
It's not even infotainment anymore.... AZ8theist 10 hrs ago #3

Tesha

(21,122 posts)
1. Infotainment is what we have now
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 12:02 AM
11 hrs ago

and government sanctioned, government approved Newspeak

Journalism has been replaced.

MIButterfly

(2,501 posts)
2. I'm afraid you're right.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 12:06 AM
11 hrs ago

I think the days of real journalism are long gone. RIP, Journalism. We hardly knew ye.

AZ8theist

(7,227 posts)
3. It's not even infotainment anymore....
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 01:58 AM
10 hrs ago

With the Reich Wing takeover of just about every news outlet, it's simply become propaganda.

Trump fluffing propaganda.

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